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In the City: Edward Fennell

March 8 2011, 12:01am, The Times

Bigging ‘im up

I was surprised, but relieved, to be informed by the press team at Irwin Mitchell that the firm is “ambitious”.

In fact, it was the first thing it said when announcing: “Ambitious national law firm Irwin Mitchell has made another high-profile appointment with the announcement that partner Tom Flanagan is joining the firm as its head of employment.”

It’s good to know because otherwise one would imagine that Irwin Mitchell is just a bunch of demotivated deadbeats like the other 499 firms who make up the Legal 500.

It is also encouraging that Flanagan is “another” high-profile appointment. But best of all was the kindly steer that Mr Flanagan is a “heavy hitter” — just in case one might have suspected that he…